From: Policy on scholarships and awards
1. Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or disability.
9. No person shall infringe or do, directly or indirectly, anything that infringes a right under this Part.
From: Discussion paper: Toward a commission policy on gender identity
The following information provides a limited sampling of how ‘gender identity’ (and related terms) is viewed in various jurisdictions.
From: Discussion paper: Human rights issues in insurance
SERVICES
1. Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or handicap. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, s. 1.
CONTRACTS
From: Policy on drug and alcohol testing
Employment
Section 5
(1) Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to employment without
discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, record of offenses, marital status, family status or disability.
Disability
Section 10
(1) “Disability” means,
From: An intersectional approach to discrimination: Addressing multiple grounds in human rights claims
As discussed above, the intersectional approach is the preferred one for complaints and cases that cite multiple grounds. Nevertheless, there are other ways in which multiple grounds matters are being handled by human rights bodies, courts and international bodies such as the United Nations (the “UN”). In some instances, the grounds are looked at sequentially to see whether discrimination can be made out on the basis of each one in turn.
From: Balancing conflicting rights: Towards an analytical framework
This section of the paper surveys the balancing tools found in the Code and relevant case law. Documents such as Commission briefing notes and Policy Papers provide invaluable commentary on these tools and their insights are woven into the following discussion. The goal of this section is to identify the resources for balancing conflicting rights that will be utilized in the scenarios discussed in Section IV.
From: Balancing conflicting rights: Towards an analytical framework
A number of conflicting rights scenarios and their potential resolutions have been presented throughout this paper in order to illustrate specific balancing tools. This section of the paper will utilize each of the tools noted above by working through one timely example of conflicting rights: same-sex marriage and civil marriage commissioners. This example has been chosen not only for its currency, but also because it encompasses both the service and employment contexts.
From: Annual report 2006-2007
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) is an independent, arm's length agency of the provincial government. Canada’s oldest commission, it was established in 1961 to protect, promote, and advance human rights, as set out in Ontario’s Human Rights Code (the “Code”). The Commission has broad functions and powers under the Code and acts independently on behalf of the public interest.
From: Annual report 2006-2007
(Total = 2337)
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Accommodation |
8 |
4 |
2 |
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2 |
From: Annual report 2006-2007
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HRTO Final Decisions |
Grounds |
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Braithwaite, Illingworth v. The Attorney General for Ontario and the Chief Coroner |
association |
